Today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with newly elected New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt to congratulate her on her recent election victory and discuss shared priorities. They were joined by Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Relations Dominic LeBlanc, and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Minister of Immigration and New Brunswick Minister for Military Affairs Jean-Claude D’Amours.

The Premier praised the Government of New Brunswick’s recent announcement to improve access to abortion for residents by funding the cost of surgical abortions performed outside hospitals, along with its commitment to providing free birth control to New Brunswickers. The leaders discussed the importance of working together to strengthen health care, including comprehensive sexual and reproductive health, for Canadians and looked forward to reaching a bilateral agreement on medicines. They also talked about potential collaboration on studying neurodegenerative symptoms and diseases.

The Prime Minister and the Prime Minister spoke about a number of other shared priorities, including affordability, housing, childcare, infrastructure, labor market training and immigration. They also discussed their intention to reach bilateral agreements on the National School Food Program, the Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund, Construction Canada, and unsheltered homelessness and encampment funding. The leaders agreed on the importance of clean energy and climate action, discussed the Chignecto Isthmus project, and reiterated their shared commitment to protecting Canada’s interests in softwood timber mandates.

Prime Minister Trudeau and Prime Minister Holt agreed to continue working together on these and other important issues.

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